Form of corset



W. NAMEGAH FORM OF CORSET.

June 14, 1949.

Filed Aug. 4, 1945 Inventor Attorney Patented June 14, 1949 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE FORM OF CORSET Application August 4, 1945, SerialNo. 608,86 In Great Britain May 23, 1945 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a corset and like forms of ladies garments andhas for its chief object the provision of an improved form of garment ofthis kind which shall be capable of affording increased efiiciency andcomfort: in

wear.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form of'sucha garment which is adapted to fit snugly on the body of the wearer andbe capable of adjusting itself to the movements of the wearer and at thesame time prevent the protrusion from the body of the top front portionof the garment.

The invention consists in'acorset or like form of ladies garment whereina portion of the garment in the region of the waistline thereof is madeup of a facing and a lining material and wherein there is inserted inposition between the facing and the lining materials, a controllingmember adapted to enable the garment to adjust itself to theconformation and to the movements of the wearer.

In the preferred form of the invention, the controlling member consistsof a 'resilient or elastic element arranged and secured in a position inthe natural waistline of the garment, for example, so as to extendtransversely across the diaphragm of the wearer, and so as to produce aruche or ruching effect in the garment when the latter is not inposition on the body.

In order that the said invention may be clearly understood and readilycarried into effect, the same will now be more fully described withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of one form of garment incorporating theinvention, the upper portion of a part of the front facing being shownremoved in order to illustrate more clearly the manner in which thecontrolling member is arranged in position;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional View taken on the line AA of Fig. land illustrating the rushing effect produced by said controlling memberwhilst the garment is not being worn, and

Fig. 3 is a similar fragmentary sectional view illustrating how theruching effect is eliminated or taken up when the garment is in positionon the body of the wearer.

The invention may be applied to various forms of corsets and the likeand, in Fig. l of the accompanying drawings, it is shown applied, by wayof example, to a corset garment made up of a front portion a and a backportion 1) which are inter-connected at their side edges by two 2elastic portions 0 and d composed, for example, of elastic webbing,fabric or the like. If desired, a row of hooks and eyes, busk, or otherconvenient forms of fasteners may .be provided at a suitable position,for example, along the line e-e where one edge of the front portionmeets the edge of the adjacent elastic portion 0 and the other edge f ofthe front portion may be permanently secured to one edge of the otherelastic portion d. As will be seen, the front portion included betweenthe lines ee and f--- is of tapering form and is slightly narrower inits upper region than in its lower region. The said front portion ismade up of a central portion and the two side strips extending betweenlines f, .f and g, h, and e, e and 2', 1', which are formed with curvedlongitudinal side edges along lines g, h and i, :i, and which arepreferably of single thickness material, and the central portion locatedbetween the curved longitudinal side lines g, h and 2', y, is made up ofa backing or lining m and a superposed front or facing material n.Preferably, the backing or lining is adapted to extend over the fulllength of the front portion of the garment and the front or facingmaterial terminates at a point somewhat above the lower edge of thegarment and is formed with a cutaway portion 10 at its lower end. Ifdesired, the backing or lining may be formed with a similar form ofcut-away portion filled-in with elastic webbing, fabric or the like q.

In the preferred form of the invention, the part of the backing orlining which is located above the upper end of the cut-away portion 10,is formed with a plurality of longitudinally extending gussets orpockets 8 each of which accommodates a suitable form of stiffeningelement 25 such as a strip of thin metal, the said gussets or pocketsbeing spaced from one another transversely across the width of theaforesaid central portion.

The aforesaid controlling, resilient or elastic member may consist of astrip of elastic or fabriccovered elastic w and it is arranged inposition at or near the upper end of the garment and between the saidbacking or lining and the superposed front or facing material whichtogether make up the central part of the said front portion. Thelocation of the elastic member is such that it is adapted to extendtransversely across the diaphragm of the wearer and it is sewn orotherwise secured to the central portion of the garment only at its twoends, that is to say, the upper or lower edges of the elastic member arefree and unsecured to the garment. The manner of securing the elasticmember in position is such that it is adapted to produce a ruche orruching effect in the front portion of the garment when the latter isnot in position on the wearer whilst, on the other hand, when inposition on the wearer, the ruching efiect will be eliminated and theelastic member stretched or :tensioned accordingly so as yieldingly' tomaintain the desired pressure on the diaphragm. In other words, when thegarment is not being worn, the elastic member will produce a series ofruches r (Fig. 2) in the p.01:- tions of the backing 111. locatedbetween the pockets 3 and, when the garment is beingwom; thernches willbe straightened out as is shownin Fig. 3 and the elastic memberexpanded.

Whilst the portion of the garment incorporating the said controllingelement has been shown disposed at the front of the garment, it is to beunderstood that this is not essential and that the controlling elementmayfbe arranged in any position in the natural waistline of; the corsetaccording to the style of the corset: to which the invention is applied.

Iclaim:

1. In a corset,- asbody portion having a front section of non-elastic;material; a panel in the center of the front section. extendingvertically therein, the panel comprising two layers. of nonelasticcloth, both layers being stitchedsat their vertical edges near the-sidesof the front section and constituting the centralportion thereof, therear layer having spaced vertical pockets therein for stays, staysin:said pockets theiront layer forming a smooth covering-1 over the rearlayer and its pockets; saidilayets being stitched together acrossthertop; an elastic band. joined at its ends to the sides of the rearlayer, the elastic band being located. between the: front: and rearlayers at the top'of the corset and extending across the stays andpockets: and. contracting the top of the panel and forming an: integralconcealed part of gig the panel to hold the upper ends of the stayssnugly against the wearers body in all positions thereof and in normalwear, the front layer presenting a smooth unruifled outer appearance.

2. In a corset, a body portion having a front section of non-elasticmaterial, a panel in the center of the front section extendingvertically therein,. the panel. comprising two: layers of nonelasticcloth, both layers being stitched at their vertical edges near the sidesof the front section and constituting the central portion thereof, therear layer having spaced vertical pockets therein for stays, stays. insaid pockets, the front layer forming a; smooth covering over the rearlayer and its-pockets,- said layers being stitched together across the.top, an elastic band joined at its ends to: the sides of the rear layerand being otherwise free, the elastic band being located between thefront and rear layers at the top of the corset and extending over thestays and pockets to contract the top of the panelagainstthe wearersbody, the band comprising, :an: integrant concealed part of the panel,said. band extendmguponputting the corset on the wearer, and the frontlayer then presenting a smooth appearance.

WILFRED NAMEGAH.

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